Evolution Of Knowledge: Transformations And Universals

知识的演变：转变和共性

• 批准号: DP0556991
• 负责人: Prof Stephan Lewandowsky
• 金额: $ 12.64万
• 依托单位: The University of Western Australia
• 依托单位国家: 澳大利亚
• 项目类别: Discovery Projects
• 财政年份: 2005
• 资助国家: 澳大利亚
• 起止时间: 2005-03-06 至 2008-10-15
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://dataportal.arc.gov.au/RGS/Web/Grants/DP0556991
• 关键词: Evolution; Knowledge; Transformations; Universals

This project has two principal benefits: A basic scientific outcome concerning the evolution of language and an applied outcome that can inform the design of graphical communication tools. The evolution of language is one of the most hotly debated issues in contemporary science, but to date it has escaped experimental examination. This project develops an experimental methodology that permits examination of the processes by which human knowledge evolves across generations of teachers and learners. In addition, by also examining the final content of evolution, and by determining what type of graphical symbols emerge out of communal evolution, the project can inform the future design of graphical communication tools (e.g., road signs).

这个项目有两个主要的好处：一个是关于语言进化的基本科学成果，另一个是可以为图形通信工具的设计提供信息的应用成果。语言的进化是当代科学中最激烈争论的问题之一，但到目前为止，它还没有得到实验检验。该项目开发了一种实验方法，可以检查人类知识在几代教师和学习者中演变的过程。此外，通过检查进化的最终内容，并确定公共进化中出现的图形符号类型，该项目可以为图形通信工具的未来设计提供信息（例如，路标）。